Pyranoid structures, generation

The [4+2] cycloaddition reaction of furanoid and pyranoid glycals with azodicarboxylates allows the introduction of a nitrogen atom at C-2 of a carbohydrate, and the adducts thus obtained can be converted to structurally complex 2-amino saccharides under mild conditions. Towards this end, dibenzyl and bis(2,2,2-trichloroethyl) azodicarboxylates were used as dienes since they allow the free amines to be generated in a single operation under mild conditions later in the synthetic sequence. 

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